Buckle for cotton bales



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HENRY NATHANIEL PATRICK, OF IVIINEOLA, TEXAS.

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Application filed August 21, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY N. PATRICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mineola, in the county of Wood, State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Buckle for Cotton Bales; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention; such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cotton bale buckles or ties and has for itsobject to provide a device of this character, which device is formedfrom a single sheet of material having a plurality of members aroundwhich the ends of bands pass so that said ends will be held againstslippage.

A further object is to provide a cotton bale tie formed from arectangular piece of metal, said rectangular piece of metal beingprovided with a centrally disposed elongated aperture and elongatedslots or recesses disposed to the side of the centrally disposedelongated aperture, the elongated aperture being provided with a passageof communication with one of the recesses, said aperture being adaptedto receive bights of adjacent end of a band and the recesses formingfingers for bending the free ends of the bands for additionallypreventing slippage.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the tie showing the adjacent ends of abale band applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tie.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a bale tie, which isformed from a rectangular shaped piece of metal. The tie 1 is providedwith elongated recesses 2 i extending inwardly from one side thereof andin parallel relation to each other, said recesses being of a substantialdepth and of greater depth than the width of the band 3,

, the purpose of which will presently appear.

Disposed between the lrecesses 2 and in the Serial No. 658,558.

body of the tie 1 is an elongated aperture 4, which aperture is inparallel relation to the recesses 2, and has its lower end tapered as at5 and disposed substantially in alignment 60 with the bottom of therecesses 2. A passage of communication 6 extends from the aperture toone of the recesses 2, through which passages the bight 7 of one of thebands 3 passes when the lower edge 8 is disposed in 65 10. To remove thebight 7 said bight is posi- 70 tioned so that its lower end 8 isdisposed in the bottom 3 of the aperture 4, then the upper edge of thebight may be easily passed through the passage 6 and the bight discon*nected from the tie. By providing the inclined walls 5a, it will be seenthat when the tie is being tightened that the bight will be kept inengagement with the inner edges of the lugs 10.

The bight of the other end of the band 3 may be placed in positionthrough the passage 6, or placed in position by simply reaving the samethrough the aperture 4, then passing its end 11EL through the recess 2so that it will be engaged by the arm 12 formed by the recess 2, whicharm 12 will slightly bend Ithe band 3 and end 11a as at 13 so that theband will be additionally prevented from slipping while under strain.The end 7a of the band is engaged by the arm 14, which bonds the band 3and end 7a as at 15, and additionally prevents slippage at this side ofthe tie.

From the above it will be seen that a bale l tie is provided which isparticularly adapted "i to hold a band on cotton bales and the like, andone wherein slippage of the ends of the band is positively prevented bythe plurality of bending points in the adjacent ends of the band.

. The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis A bundle tie formed from a single piece of metal substantiallyrectangularV shaped, recesses extending inwardly adjacent the ends ofthe plate so as to form arms in parallel relation to each other at theends of the plate, a centrally disposed aperture in the plate and inparallel relation to recesses adjacent the ends of the plate and havinga passage of communication with one of said recesses thereby forming abight engaging arm and bight engaging .lugs spaced from In testimonywhereof I have signed my each other and in parallel vrelation to thename :to this speeicatien in 'the presence of arms at the ends of theplate, one end of said two subscribing Witnesses. centrally disposedaperture being V-shaped, HENRY NATHANIEL PATRICK.

5 thereby forming means for guiding the Witnesses: bights into alinementand maintaining said J.. VANDIVER, bights in alignment. D. H. ELLIS.

